Welcome to the new Total War launcher!

We’re happy to announce that we’ve just rolled out a new launcher for Total War: ATTILA, Total War: ROME II, Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA, Total War: WARHAMMER, and Total War: WARHAMMER II.

PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that all modders back up their mod descriptions from Steam before updating their mods. Once done, you can update any mod descriptions that may have been deleted.

The Total War launcher is an important hub for all our Total War games and we’re committed to improving it to ensure that it provides the best experience for all fans of our games. This release is the next step in an ongoing cycle of support and development to help shape our launcher into the perfect window into the world of Total War.

What features does it have?

The launcher has three key features: the Game menu, the Store, and the Mod Manager. These will change the information they show depending on whether you own a specific game or not.

Game

This is the primary menu for each Total War title, and a great place to find all the latest news and information about them. This menu knows if you own a game or not and whether it is currently installed, and will update itself to match. In addition, you can also access certain launch options if the game in question has them.

Store

This section of the launcher shows you all the content related to a specific Total War game including all available DLC and FLC. Clicking on a specific piece of content will link you straight to the Steam store, with the launcher reacting to your current ownership status of each game.

Mod Manager

Finally we come to the new Mod Manager menu, which gives you much more launcher space to view your mod lists in.

This new version supports all the features of the previous version with a couple of new additions:

It has a number of options to filter and sort the mods you have downloaded

You can see the status of the mod, whether it’s up to date, or one of your own mod projects. You can also delete mods within the Mod Manager

You can also change the load order of mods if you need to. Most modders build their mods with default load orders in mind, so you’ll get presented an error message before you change any load orders just in case. If you’re worried you’ve messed up the load order, you can also set it back to default

Notes on our Beta Launcher

A few things we’re aware of and will address in subsequent patches as we continue to improve the overall experience:

Mods

When updating a mod, the Mod Description is deleted on the Steam Workshop

The drag-and-drop UI to reorder mods needs some improvement

Mods that change startpos data for ROME II can’t be processed

“Coming soon” tooltip for THREE KINGDOMS Mod Manager is not localised

The Mod Manager is greyed out for most games. The Mod Manager will only be active for the game you’ve launched from. A tooltip will be added to make this clearer after release

A few things to note that are intentional in the design but may be perceived as issues by some users:

Localization

The launcher matches the Steam UI language as opposed to the preferred in-game language (this is a change from the previous launcher)

Promotional or game-related content within the launcher is not localised (English only). Only the UI in the launcher (buttons, notice messages, options) have been localised

FAQ

My launcher will not load

If your Launcher is not loading, please open the following location, “Drive”:Users”USER”AppDataRoamingThe Creative Assembly and delete the “Launcher” folder if it is present. This will remove any corrupted or old Launcher data.

If you have an antivirus software installed, it may have erroneously quarantined or deleted the Launcher application. Please use the “Verify your game files” option on Steam which will redownload any missing files and either:

Create permissions for the launcher by making an exception

Disabling antivirus software whilst redownloading/ re-launching game

My game crashes upon clicking the “Play” button

Please submit a ticket to our Sega Customer Support team: https://support.sega.co.uk/ providing us with the following files: